Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, June 16 2026 Some key things to watch today:9:30 a.m.: A session of the National Economy, Trade, Industry, and Planning...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun "hailed" on Monday the agreement between Washington and Tehran, during a phone call received from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to a...
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday raised what he called “the Lebanese question” during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron upon arriving in Evian for the G7...
Le président américain Donald Trump a évoqué lundi ce qu’il a appelé « la question libanaise » lors de la conférence de presse conjointe qu’il a tenue avec son homologue français Emmanuel Macron,...
U .S. President Donald Trump said on Monday a memorandum of understanding aiming to end the war in the Gulf has already been signed by the United States and Iran, drawing calls from his opponents...
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, health officials said, as mediators prepared for further cease-fire talks in Cairo to safeguard a U.S.-brokered...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday that he would ''wait before making a final decision regarding whether or not to hold the official baccalaureate exams.''...
After April 7, then April 17, and again June 15, Soumaya Olleiq, in her fifties, has lost count of how many times a "cease-fire" has been declared in recent months in Lebanon, whether...
BEIRUT — Gunfire took place in the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh near Saida on Monday between Fatah and Islamists, leading killing civilian Abu Yasser Asem Hreish, our correspondent in the...
SOUTH LEBANON — A fragile calm held Monday morning across several towns in south Lebanon and the West Bekaa following the U.S.–Iran peace agreement, which includes de-escalation measures in...
The United Nations' human rights chief on Monday welcomed the peace deal between the United States and Iran, urging maximum restraint on all sides so a lasting agreement could be reached. U.S....
Upon arriving at Marsah, Awad Awad sits in front of the theater, a plate by his side, his script never far away. Between bites, he rehearses lines he’s already spoken dozens of times. He greets...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah said in a statement on Monday that following the U.S.-Iran deal reached hours earlier, that Israel "must understand that there will be no return to what existed before March...
Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely, hours after the United States and Iran agreed to end the Middle East war,...
The U.S.-Iran deal, announced on Monday, provides for an end to the war on Lebanon, as announced by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Beyond that, very little is known about the matter....
Oil prices tumbled towards $80 a barrel and stocks climbed Monday after the United States and Iran reached a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending a wave of...
Finance Minister Yassin Jaber, reiterated on Monday Lebanon’s commitment to completing all requirements needed to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the state-run...
Like many beautiful stories, it all began with a grandmother. Clara's paternal grandmother had the almost ritualistic habit of taking her granddaughter to Beirut's jewelers. There, they...
The Lebanese Army on Monday urged displaced residents to delay their return to southern border villages, hours after an agreement was announced between Washington and Tehran to end the Middle East...
The mufti of the Republic, Abdellatif Derian, called Monday for prioritizing diplomacy in resolving the war that has been ravaging Lebanon since March 2, following the announcement of an...
Jaafarite Mufti Ahmad Qabalan, who is close to Hezbollah, said on Monday after the U.S.-Iran deal, which he considered an "Iranian victory," that the president must "change the...
Kleber Mendonça Filho has a soft spot for sharks. The Brazilian filmmaker is attuned to the territory the predator patrols in popular culture, and its particular resonance in coastal towns. His...
The United States and Iran are to hold indirect meetings in Doha this week ahead of the formal signing of a deal aimed at ending the Middle East war, a diplomat told AFP on Monday....
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Monday welcomed the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States and its recognition of "Lebanese specificity," saying he hoped the...
Lebanon has not been informed of details of an agreement between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war on all fronts including in Lebanon, an official source told AFP on Monday....
"At our place, it smelled like Lebanon. It was Lebanon in a Haussmannian cube." The opening words of Joanna Khalaf’s solo performance in "Lebanese from Mother to Daughter" set...
22:04 Beirut Time Hezbollah fires missiles toward Kfar Tibnit as clashes continue in Nabatieh Hezbollah fired missiles Monday evening toward the outskirts of Kfar Tibnit in the...
Israel claimed Sunday that it had killed Ali Mussa Daqdouq, a high-ranking Hezbollah commander and former U.S. prisoner from 2007 to 2012, in southern Lebanon last Friday. Until that day, he...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, June 15, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates on the U.S.-Iran preliminary agreement to end the war, set to be signed on...
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in a preliminary deal that sent oil prices falling...
